ROGERS CORPORATION
         VOLUNTARY DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR KEY EMPLOYEES
         AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE AS OF DECEMBER 21, 1999

                              Second Amendment

	Pursuant to the powers and procedures for amendment of the Rogers
Corporation Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan For Key Employees, as
amended and restated effective as of December 21, 1999, as amended, (the
"Plan"), described in Section 11(a) of the Plan, the Compensation and
Organization Committee of the Board of Directors of Rogers Corporation (the
"Committee") hereby amends the Plan, subject to any necessary consent of
the affected Participants with respect thereto:

1.      Section 1 is amended by deleting the second sentence thereof in its
entirety and substituting therefor the following sentence:


        "The purpose of the Plan is to permit each key employee of Rogers
        Corporation (the "Company") or any subsidiary thereof ("a
        Subsidiary") who is designated by the Chief Executive Officer of the
        Company and each elected corporate officer of the Company (in either
        case, a "Participant") to elect to defer a portion of his or her
        compensation from the Company or Subsidiary."

2.      Section 5(b) is amended by deleting Subsection (ii) thereof in its
entirety and substituting therefor the following Subsection (ii):

                "(ii)  Interest Credits.  As of the last day of each calendar
        month, each sub-account within a Participant's Deferred Compensation
        Account which is being maintained in terms of dollars shall be
        credited with interest on the amount credited to such sub-account as
        of the last day of the preceding calendar month.  The rate of
        interest to be used for this purpose during any calendar year shall
        be (A) for calendar years before 2003, the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond
        rate in effect as of January 1 of such year, and (B) for calendar
        years after 2002, the sum of the 10-year U.S. Treasury note rate in
        effect as of January 1 of such year, plus twenty basis points (i.e.,
        0.20 of 1%).  For calendar years before 2003, the foregoing rate
        shall be determined by reference to the first January issue of
        Barron's for such calendar year, or such other comparable publication
        as may be selected by the Company if Barron's is no longer published
        or no longer provides such information.  For calendar years after
        2002, the foregoing rate shall be determined by reference to any
        reliable source selected by the Company from time to time."

3.      Section 8(b) is amended by deleting the last sentence thereof in its
entirety and substituting therefor the following sentence:

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        "The Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Vice President,
        Finance or the Vice President and Treasurer of the Company may act to
        establish a trust or other arrangement(s) pursuant to this Section
        8(b)."

        Except as so amended, the Plan in all other respects is hereby
confirmed.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Committee has caused this Second Amendment to
the Plan to be duly executed on this 7th day of	October, 2002.


 						ROGERS CORPORATION


						By:    /s/  Robert M. Soffer

						        Robert M. Soffer
						        Vice President and Treasurer


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